How long do you need tp wait before getting pg again?

Okay, so my daughter is only 8 days old but we always said we would try for no 2 as soon as we were able to. She was delivered by em c-section. Just wondering what the advice is on conceiving again? Anyone know?

it depends on who u speak to, i was told minimum one yr, pref two years, but i know a fw others who've been told 6 months and some 3yrs!!!..personally i think regardless of previous birth u should wait atleast 9months in order for ur body to regain all its nutrients and get back to being as physically 'nrmal' as it can be...we wnet for the 1yr, figuured if they really don't advise it then we wldn't ahve been told one yr (iyswim?) we started ttc when ds was 11months and conceived when he was 12 months (works out ov was about 4 days before his first birthday, my lmp was 2nd march, he was 1 on the 21st and i got my bfp on the 2nd april). xx

also wanted to add, it depends on what sort of birth u want, if u want a vbac ur less likely to get a consultant to agree a vbac if u've conceived iwthin the first 6 months after ur c section, so for eg, if u fall preggers when lo is 3 months they'd strognly recommend another c section as scar rupture risk is higher than if u waited till lo was a yr. xx

Now I'm confused! I'm going to ask about this again next week because it seems everyone has been told something different!I was told this by my midwife, so I'll ask the consultant and let you ladies know her opinion then.

i think it depends on ur hospitals/trusts policies, i was told min one yr, pref two by the discharging doc at the hospital, the mws, my gp and a gaeny, but they all work in the same area so will all be following that trusts policies, iyswim? x

i think it depends on ur hospitals/trusts policies, i was told min one yr, pref two by the discharging doc at the hospital, the mws, my gp and a gaeny, but they all work in the same area so will all be following that trusts policies, iyswim? x

Yeah, probably! My midwife was pretty anti-section anyway so I'm definitely going to get another bit of advice from someone else! She almost said it as a reason to put me off...However at my last appointment she'd changed her mind and told me I was doing the right thing so...!! But in any case, I'll see what the consultant says xx

hya congratulations on the birth of your little girl. Well i belive its everyone to there own my consultant has said that the section scar should be healed in 10/12weeks so as long as you personally feel emotionally and physically ready. i had a section in jan 2006 with my 1st DD and by May 2006 found out i was 6wks PG with my 2nd DD hand had another section Jan 2007. i had no complications and if anything my 2nd PG and section was alot better recovery too, i have just had my 3rd section on 1st Feb 2009 and we are planning on TTC in sept/oct this year as it took us 10months to concive our last daugher, ialso asked my consultant about my inside scarring which she said was brilliant and she was very happy for me to have aa 4th section, although that will be my last.i belive as long as you feel ready every doctor will give you a different opnion ranging from right away- 3 yrs.good luck. xxxx

Thanks everyone. Midwife came round yesterday and gave us the contraception talk (!). She said there was no real wait either. She said maybe leave 3 months or so as a minimum just for the tummy muscles to heal. Looks like we'll be back on the TTC bandwagon soon! x

kayecaee a woman after my own heart!!! lol!yea definatly 3 months like you said just for the interior scar to heal, were only leaving it a little longer due to it being a 3rd section we would love another year age gap, as it was so good last time!! Good luck with TTC hope you dont have a too long wait, xxx

hope it doesn't take that long this time its such a funny game this TTC, with my first it was 1st month off the pill, my 2nd we actually got caught on the pill, and 3rd took 10 months trying, go figure. xx